The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is time for joint stock companies to go out of fashion. We only wish that they had begun where they seem to be terminating, and that the world had enjoyed an earlier op portuuity of watching the rise and progress of an " Odessa Black Sea Company," for grinding wheat by steam, and exporting the flour, the grain being, it appears, unsaleable except-in its manufactured state. This exception, we are given to understand, is a matter of "hope," with regard to the overstocked warehouses of Odesia ; and on sneh a foundation annuls the Elack.Sea Company, with an impe rial rescript of Alexander to sanction it,a Bank 7 note capual of one million of rubles, and the market of Gibraltar, now supplied from America, to encourages it. We, repeat, then our vexation, that the joint stock steam-grinding-madness did not exist long enough ago among the Russians, to give the rest of Europe a , sample of the progress and result of such specious enterprises, which in all human likelihood, would - haiotended: to frighten away the gambling spirit from tooredvilized. communities ; as by the ancient Greeks an exhibition of drunkenness among slaves is said to have been ordained as an ingenious lesson of temperance , and sobriety to their freemen. Iladia few such warnings been held out in time ti.v thoseamong thepeople of England whose excess of confidence was in proportion to their lack of eiperi ence, We doubt net - that some m illions might have been spared ! fora useful and profitable employment here s instead of being cast into the bowels of the earth, or the " caves of ocean:' as the rubles of Odessa are about to line the whores of the Euxine with costly . an& empty vapour. We cannot see any thing hi the process by which wheat is converted into flour, Or when So manufactured, by which the cargo is transported over sea, nor generally do wosconceive that any such difficulty belong to the simple supply of a European market .with either grain or flour froM Odessa, as would render that particular trade a more appropriate unarm's ing for a body .of capitalists than for a single merchant. It is not like those unwieldy hazards the existence or the repute of which may have led to die formation of India Companies, North West Companies Bank of England Companies, end the rest of it. The sbipment of a single cargo of wheat or flour from the out-port of the country in which it is produced to one within a month or 'six weeks' sail of it, appears to be one of the easiest opera tions of one individual merchant. The most moderate es pita' iii equal to such a business; and if so, the trade is of a nature more likely to be well conducted, and to flourish in the hands of private houses than of corporate bodies, which last can never successfully resist the vigilance or skill of their more active rivals. It will be seen before many months have elapsed, how far the Imperial reseript, the steam-engines, and the million of rubles, are capable of contending with the nature of things.—Times. Mr. Canning, it will be seen by the Court Circular, has started for Paris, as we announced in our Tuesday's paper. His visit to his friend Lord Granville is, of course alleged to be one of mere pleasure : but he will hardly be idle in such a eapital as Paris, when so many and great political questions are still undecided. The affairs of Greece and RRussia, of Spain and Portugal, may be supposed likely to engage some of his time, as well as the hospitality of his noble friend's table, or . the careless gossip of a Parisian soiree. Indeed, in the present state of the political world, an English Minister for Foreign A ffitirs must be a very negligent, and by consequence, a very inefficient officer, if he is content to " doff the world and let it pass," and holds the discussion of a Perigord pate, or the unriddling of a lady's charade, to be a better occupation of his leiaure, than tho endeavour to rescue one people froth the horrors of odesdating war, or another from the forced subjection to a system of bigotry and tyranny, which reflects disgrace, riot merely on the age, but on huts= nature.—Bid. The_ death of Lord Gifford has made a great stir among the lawyers. 'We are not at all surprised at this, nor at the great numbers that. crowd to this profession, for the incomes of those who fill the higher offices are so greet that it is natural many should put In for . the.prizes,though only one out of 2 0 can expect t o succeed, 'llte prizes of ' 10,000/. or 20,01)0/. hold out such temptations, that what is called the Bar is now filled almost to' it nuisance.— The number of books and pamphlets published respecting the Bar is quite surprising, and would lead one to suppose that this is now the only profession worth attention. The evil effects of such a prevalent opinion are evident. Al most every young man whose father can afford to give him education, begins to study law. lie gets a smattering . of Greek and Lain, cats his terms at one of the Inns p 1 Court, and then, in the professional phrase, is admitted.to the Saar: With such acquirements, and a great deal of assurance, many .persons of ' this description force them selves into notice, and wish to be looked upon as men of great legal knowledge, When, in fact, they would be mut+ more in character at ie bar of an inn than at the . bar of, a Court of justice. The parents, too, encournge the de lusion. They teach their sons to look up, to it as a genteel profession, and do not forget that there itt a.chance of their coming in for one of the 10,000/. or 20,0001. prizes in the l a w . lottery. It would be well if those who have the power of admitting these professional gentlemen in such '. ' num b ers , were more scrupulous i n exercising their right, otherwise N'l'e may soon have more banisters then briefs. The doleful at:l6ns raised on occasion of the death of Lord Gifford by so me of these barristers. is quite sickening, when we think of :he scramble which they and a great many others have made to grit into his place. There is only one party in this profession' who are completely shut out from the prizes, and are not to blien:P on this account. — Like the fox in the fable, the Catholic lie:sisters may look at the great Object of their wishes in vain. No wonder, while such distinction lasts, that at public Meetings in Ire laud we should bear of such inflammatory speeches. , Pro testants would be as much out of humour, end grumble as kind as Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Shell, and Mr. Lawless, if such objects of ambition as 10,000/. or 20,0001. alear were couatantly before their eyes, and they were prohibited from touching them. It is quite natural that this should b e the ease. However small the hopes of obtaining a Prize, there can be n o g rimed of eomplamt, so long as all have the : same chance. When, Messrs. Bish, Swift, or other lottery contractors, make up a scheme, they take car e i s si put in a few 10,0011. and 20,000/. prizes among thousands of blanks. The public, however, are perfectly eatistied Wlgi. this—all are alike, and one has just us good ehaece of suesseso as another. The case, however, is quite different with the Catholic Barristers. Messrs. O'Connell, Shell, and Lawless, iixe obliged to buy tickets in the grand lottery, but are not allowed to draw for the prizes. It would be Well foil:viand—for, in England the num ber of Catholic! Bat i el s te r s• is $0 small, that they are hardly to he taken into acium:s—if such an insidiuus dis tinction were one way or another put an end to. Our great hope iv, that it will be gradually removed by the introduction of British manufactories into [relax& The Scotch, with the linen trade, introduced Presbyterianism into the North. The'English. we believe, will - introduce into the South , East, and West, along with cotton, silk, and woollen manufactures, Methodists, Anabaptists, and other religious sects, who, in time, may supersede tire Ca-- e. tholies. Such wo uld be an effectual Made Of puttin an end to this eternal grumbling, and growling o f di e y ri , th the Protestant religion egaima Barristers, rand of secusing fcawing Herald , the inroads of Popery.—sl the Public Meeting at Mans We noticed, the other day, _. . • e an individual of part of the expense diester, to reimblus , in which his townsmen of trying a case 4t s i i . '" c "i te f! •s, w as absurd to sPeak or felt an interest, and sausweci teat i d in their i•ights by the Law, whim a people being protecte ttendo with a cost of the first step in deloding them is a 1 us d to infer that any 1,000/. It would, however, he Iltagri . as w ,. as legal protesstloll other Initials might exist. without , . . Is stronger we do, because the influence of public orllon.,„ es an ev ,l in England than in any other country, anal modifies crae ll . that elsewheast would be intolerable. Pot - instance, l ee : tic n. of the law are 'daily winked at or countotollet 1 as A dishonest us i s ingneematarily Out of fie expensiveness. . . Iris debt to ft trades or litigious 4utacidttat:;:teNfto to. pay.o4 iNo . , Ille iiirtAtttr . 'news better than to t hrow go 4 "4 Att-siiiP r s .si O . leis time and his patience by pre 'l4lOl-ot •'.:..leetiewq., lie pram &to the , . , di, : ',- :4 W l , ' , '"' It o. lt M 'flilit ' i.' t,li • • - neighbourhood of the debtor, . and Makes it too hot for him r —he meets hiM in the street, and insults' him. Should the debtor take the creditor to a -Police-office,. the latter will complain (Stile roguery of the former, and the Magi straw will refuse,to interfere, and hint to the debtor, that the. best way will be. to pay his debt.. At all events, the . exposure will injure the debtor . more than the creditor. The process of ejectment is, in like manner, executed every day in the year in a much lesit expensive: form than that , prescribed by law.. -It-is true,. the business :is -sometimes •, not so well • managed, but that - the superior Courts see ground for reaching the party offending; ,but, ittAinety nine cases out of a hundred, the party escapes. We some times, indeed, hear people • complain of the 'exposures at Police-offices, which are often twparte and there is no. doubt a hardship in giving to an individual, whois or sup poses himself aggrieved, the power of being, in some mea stirejudke in his own cause. But. defective as the process may be, without it the poor would he entirely.at the mercy of the rich. The Police -Offices are not without their defects, but they are by fur the best part of the judi cial Institutions of England. . They are natural tribunals, and substantial justice, in contradistinction to judicature, is dealt out in them. Ho*, in a law-ridden country like this, any thing so natural should have been allowed to spring up, is almost a mirecle.—•-117orning.Chronicle. • We are no admirers of that' cheap wisdom, or that cheap morality, - which struts about with solemn gravity and vir tuous indignation, when the results of particular transac, dons stare every man in the face. 'A personage of this description is a Mr. Clark, whose name promises to be its imperishable as the disastrous speculations with which it is now so inseparably connected. • The hue-and-cry is up ; every company is a -.bubble ; and every bubble has Mr. Clark as a shareholder. Has it never occurred to •any one to ask this indefatigable detector of 'bubble's, how he came to dabble in so many ? Was he an innocent dupe, or a willing coadjutor ? If the former, what a for tune be must have expended ! If the latter, what a-laud ahle conversion he has undergone! Somehow or other, While a shilling was to be extracted' from these schemes, nobody heard of Mr. Clark. But we do him wrong, probably. It may be, that, from an excess of amiable and virtuous feeling, he has 'voluntarily sacrificed-a large pro perty in purchasing the depreciated shares of exploded undertaki»gs, only to qualify himself for the office of-a public accuser. He has generously sacrificed himself, per , haps, for the good of others: We cannot suppose ,he held his tongue while he saw the plunder going on, and only opened his mouth when that same plunder was at an end. Ile appears to have had "an itching palm" for shares in almost all the Companies that were projected ; and the only thing which pilules us is, that we never heard of Mr, Clark till, we heard that these Companies had failed. We do not. say that a man who turns. wing's evidence, may not, sometimes, consult his conscience, and so do n public good; but he must not aspire to the purity of an unimpeached and an unimpeachable - witness. We are iot fond of cant phrases ' - but there £c a word in popular se, which, to our minds, exactly defines Mr.. Clark's retensions in these matters-414)4r Times. AN ACcOMPLISIIED NATION.----Portuguese women indulge in a coarseness of manners and amuse ments which could neither be thought, of nor tolerated in this country. Thus ladies are not unfrequently seen hiding behind a balcony or window-shutter, with a large syringe in their hands, watching the approach of a gentleman who may be coming along the street, in order to squirt its contents in his eyes. Many, in stead of using the latter projectile, provide themselves with small bottles made of India rubber, having an ivory pipe at the end, which, when the bottle is squeezed, projects the water contained in it to a great distance.--Cork Southern Reporter. Ma'L Dr. AT Wednesday evening a young boy, named David Bolgeri about fourteen years of age; had occasion to go to a room which was unoccupied in a house in the Main-street, Waterford, and seeing wine bread and butter lying there, he hi . cautiously eat it. in a short time he was taken alarm ingly ill, and on being questioned as to the cause of his illness, he said he had taken a glass of whisky, and he supposed it did not agree with him. It was, how ever, ascertained that he bad eaten the bread and butter which had been left in the waste room, having been previously poisoned for the destruction of rats. Medical aid was immediately procured, but unhappily too late to be of any avail, and the ill-fitted boy ex pired on that night. We would .strongly recommend to our readers the use of traps for the destruction of vermin, instead of poisoned food, whereby the lives oilman beings may be too often endangered. PROCESSION OF fIIREE THOUSAND OIdANOE. MEN.—An unfortunate wretch of the name of Wiggins, headed an Orange mob at the last fair of Clones, and in an unprovoked and most ferocious attack on the unoffending country people, received a wound of which he in some short tine afterwards died. At his funeral, on the sth inst. the Orange Lodges assembled in such force, and from so many.parts of the country, as to form a body, altogether of 3,000 people. They all carried arms, displayed flags and badges, and were attended with bands of musie. A general massacre of the Catholics was for some time apprehended, but the day, as it happened, ended in the display of no greater lawlessness on the part of the Orangemen, than a refu sal to disperse or lay aside their paraphernalia, on being complanded to do so by Mr. Jamaison. It was deemed prudent to put all the police in the place under arms, and to keep them thus. prepared for an emergency the entire of the night. -- 4 2121b1ia Morning Reeder. SINGULAR PIIENOTOILNA.--Ou Friday last a whirlwind dud water-spihit made their appearance in the air above the farm of Calside, in the parish of Anwoth, and, by their striking appearance, excited not less the admiration than dismay of those who beheld them. The water-spout was observed at a great distance, resembling, pretty nearly a sugar loaf; but to Such as witnessed it mingling . with the whirlwind, when it be came tossed and broken, and fell, shattered into im mense drops of rain, the spectacle which the two ele ments exhibited, rivalled in sublimity an Alpine tem pest. The contents of the aqueous meteor were scat tered over the extent of a square mile, and the united gushing of the water, and roaring of the whirlwind, formed one of the mightiest notes of nature's music-- exceeding in loudness the voice of the sea, when the teu,pest is sweeping over and agitating its waves. A little boy, named Carson, who is herd upon the farm of Calside, had the misfortune to be within the circle of the whirlwind, and was hurried along by it upwards of a hundred yards, until, having reache4 a gate, he caught hold, of one of its posts, and in that manner saved hirdsOf, perhaps from destruction. While he clung resolutely to this support, the force of the wind tossed his heels repeatedly into the air ; but terror lent him strenth to maintain his hold, and fortunately he vi r e x e ar i littlev isc t tkr i f l : : ogf dl iyapkyeerwav,teiliviaelswi,ni swept site same sa Ud o ok t l n d e s iu like manner dis . perseti, tered in • • every direction, nineteen stacks of oats were °f overthrown twi) ru s ; a t n f t r i o;: lu t i l' i i n e t i i r t y se a a f ts i tn,d‘sSicilacti-i was spread out in a field to y became embodied with the other wr ec k s o f the tempest, anti totally dis appearaiL rt'he small stream of Skyreburn, beside v'in'ioni(ishintagihiB ° iitu " i de wr Z l Ass' s a: sse o t w a y d into surges of uncom sound of such loud el, una w tir l i iiteness, and emitted a al wildness, as to appal every one who heard ii, —Edinburgh E venin g Courant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. --AM Tuesday a married woman, - Mrs. , Clifton, the wife 'of an ivory -turner, 'residing . in Brickslane, Spindfields, appeared to answer a charge -of assault preferred against her by a decent-looking youngwoman,namedfiusan King, the wife of a carpenter. Mrs. King appeared with two black eyes, and her face other wise bearing marks of severe contusions. She stated, that she was peaceably walking with another female, when Mrs. Clifton, the defendant,. whom she bad never . sembefore, suddenly flew upon her with the fury of a tigress, and, after demolishing her bonnet and cap, beat her about the bead and face until she put it in a worse condition than that in which his Lordship now.saw it. She seemed determined to spoil ber features for ever, and would no doubt,bavealone AO, had not a crowd gathered and interfered. Her fury excited their resentment, which she managed to allay by assuring them that • she (the complainant) had stolen a pair of her sheets. Mrs. Clifton, who could not refrain, during the complainant's statement, making use of the epithets, " Good for nothing jade," " Hussey," &c,, at once admitted the fact of the assault to.the full extent represented by the. complainant, -but.declared that she bad just grounds for doing far more towards, her than she bad done: The fact was, that she Lad been from home on a visit to her native place (Wales), and in the mean time her husband bad had criminal conversation with this good-fur-nothing woman. He had, as she was informed on good authority, when she re turned, taken her home with him. , In shart,.he had confessed as much himself. Could it be expected, therefoiy, that a virtuous woman should peaCeably bear such treatment? Was it not na tural, as well as right, that she should visit with some marks of her resentment such a good-for-nothing creature as now dared to complain ? Mr. nobler, the chief clerk, observed, that supposing the fact to be scandalous and bad, Rs WRS 4Rtfd) it was probable that the husband was the most guilty party. •, . The LORD MAYOR said, that, at all events, the defendant could not he allowed to take the law in her own bands ; but there was nothing in the appearance or manner of the complainant to cor roborate the statement, made against her. . • The complainant protested that it was utterly untrue. The defendant had incited a number of Welch people of the lowest cha racter against her, and her life was actually endangered by them. The complainant's husband, a young carpenter, who said he had been married 'to her six months, came forward to state his conviction of his wife's purity of character and conduct. He br lieved the defendant to be a bad malignant woman ; and he repre sented her husband, whom he•knew,.to be no better. The defendant assured his Lordship, that she could prove what she stated to be the truth, and could undeceive the young man as, to'hia wife's conduct (if-he was not aware of it already), provided time was given her to produce witnesses. The Loan MAYOR adjourned the case until yesterday, when Mra. Clifton produced no other person than her husband to de pose to his own shaine. " NoW," said she, " mind you speak the truth before his Lordship." The husband then calmly acknowledged that what his wife had stated was the truth. The Loan MAYOR strongly reprimanded him fur his abontin, able conduct, and his public and shameless avowal of it. "Ge out of the room," said his Lordship, " for I would not believe a word uttered by a fellow like you, who thus, without a symptom of shame, comes forward to avow your infamy."—(The husband then slunk out.) Evidence was then given to prove that Mrs. King, the com plainant, who now wore so respectable an exterior, had been, in fact, a prostitute. The complainant Wept, and admitted that her former course of life had not been strictly virtuous, but she' declared that since her marriage she hail reformed. She had Seen the defendant (who represented himself as a single man to her) in the company of her husband. She had once met him in her husband's absence, and had taken a glass of wine with him, but she declared her inno cence of the charge imputed to her, and prayed that she might not be abandoned to the fury of the defendant, and the females of the neighbourhood, who bud all come forward to support her. The LORD MAYOR reprimanded the complainant, who, he said, could only atone for her, early misconduct, .by her future good behaviour. At time same time, whatever the defendant had suffered from her worthless husband, she must not be allowed to take justice in her own hands ; nor was she, because she was virtuous, to let loose her fury without restraint. Ilis Lordship ordered the defendant to find sureties to keep the peace, and also ordered the complainant to enter into her own recognizance% for the same purpose. GUILDIIALL—kcase where three impudent young prosti tutes had assaulted an old woman, having been di,posed of, by committing them to Ilridewell, Edward Palmer Maria, Esq., of the Cottage of Content, Kew-Foot-lane, Richmond, lately a merchant, trading with Canada, was brought before Mr. Alderman Ailcms, charged with an aatault• 1111.. Harmer said, the case which he had to open would shoiv how the race of unhappy creature' such as bad just left the bar, was generated and continued. Here was a person, assuming the Character of a man of vast fortune, in one month, effeeting the ruin done girl, and nearly accomplishing that of two others, all under 20 years of age, and residing in one house. If the defendant was capable of feeling shame, he would blush at time recital of his conduct, which would be detailed by the witneasei. Mr: Harmer then alluded to the particulars of his complaint, and called Mrs. House, the wife of Mr. G. House, who keeps a child-bed linen-warehotec, on the north side of St. Paul's-church-yard, who stated that her maid-servant, Jane Snansick,. applied about a month ago for leave to go into the country to her mother, who was very ill. As she had some respect for the girl, who had been a twelvemonth in her service, and seemed remarkably steady and honest, she asked her if she really wanted to see her mother, or intended to leave her altogether. The . girl expressing her inten tion to return, site. gave her leave to he absent a fortnight. She went, and come back at the appointed time; butwitneas noticed an alteration in her style of dosing, evidently beyond her mean., which excited her suspicion, and caused her to make inquiries.— She did not, however, get a clue to the truth until last Sunday, when she learnt that the defendanthad seen her servant, leading the children about St. Paul's Church-yard for an airing, had first taken notice of the young ones and then of their nurse, entitleally seduced the girl to cohabit with him for the fortnight site pre tended to be upon a visit to her parents. This was not all ; for having accomplished his wishes so fur, he made honourable pro posals to, and won the affections of, Miss Mary Ann Cox, a young wornan she employed in the business, who had also near ly f a ll en a victim to his lust ; and he also made an attempt upon the person of Elizabeth Hale, her apprentice, which was the charge •he had now to an - weer. Hpon this disco Very Mrs. House sent a note to the Cettage of Content, purporting to Come front Miss Cox, 'and inviting him to an interview ;, and upon his making his appear !inee, gave him' into the custody of Honey, the beadle of Christ Church. On the last two or three Sundays, Mrs. House said she and her husband had been out of town and Miss Cox and Eliza beth were left in charge of the premises. Elizabeth - Hale, a girl 17 years old, was next examined. She said, that on Sunday week, Miss Cox and Jane, the servant, went together to cantiOn the sister of the latter, expecting Mrs. House, who had shown some suspicion, would call to inquire into time truth of time story of the mother's illness. While they were ab sent the prisoner came, and she showed him up into the dining room ; lie inquired for a glass, and she went up to her bed-riaom to fetch one, hut he followed her, and took 'a seat by the windri‘V. She sat down also, and he then pulled a bottle of gin from his pocket, and asked hem to drink. She, refused; but upon his put ting the glass to her lips, she drank half its contents. A few mi nutes after, he took her hand, raised her from the chair, and pulled her towards the bed ; but she broke away, and ran down into the: coal-cellar, He followed, anti led her: into the kitchen, when she again brok e , f rom hi m , and running up to the dining_ room, locked herself in. He intreated her to come out, and rang the door-bell, to entrap her into letiviug it ; but she kept hint out till Miss, Cox and Jane arrived, which was amnia an hour and a half after she let him in. They all three went lip to the bed room, where they llmitud him. After some couVersation he laid his hands upon her shoulders, as lie was standing at the foot ofth let t e e l) t. a. o i n ta.n and J p a u n s e h , e :i i rab ilt 0 3. 1 a d : t il l effi r riut i p ll rw i es ies i S t G t g got up, ant r p l e a til t y h a e t ne th i e f p t r e o a t - ec ta ted ble, f a ro n i d n because o down stairs. They. all had their tea together; be behaved of the females. Defendant—Did 1 means • didask uaeany cough mt a kiss? Witness—No. insult eea by the Defendant—Did I not use you the roughest while Ja ne was present? Witn e t,a_y eß. Defenda4t-131, you believe - 1 intended to do more when I used the roughest—that is, in the presence of the girl I was living with ...-thatt to kiwi you? Derefulaut7-11 did not hear her answer; what have you taken F lown? (to the clerk.) Mr. Akierm an krxixs.—That is a qttestion you should put to me; you are not to ask h e r to draw inferences. If y ou did not use so merit force when you had the girl alone I and the kill. way, nevertheleaa, thi n k t h a t the wor s t 'p art Of 'the business, because your intention Was the les* doubtful. The defendant asked the Alderman if he believed he could havi attempted the complainant's chastity in the presence of Jane isick. Mr. Alden - nail ATICINS.—I cannot answer,that, except elabo lately, and I will not tell you what I think before so many ladies. Defendant.—Upon my honour I had no intention to take liber ties with the girl. I really meant but to kiss her. Witness.—You said as soon as I let you in you would come to bed to me, and in the bed-room you said you were ill, wanted half an hour's repose, and wished me to lie down with you. To this the defendant made no reply. Mr. Alderman Airs then heard the statement of Miss Cox, who was admitted within the bar, and delivered herself in a very low tone, so as only to meet the Alderman's ear. He then said that he had no authority to punish the defendant for intruding upon a gentleman's premises as he bad done, but he would be made amenable for that in a civil court. Miss Cox confesses that she associated with yon, a stranger, in a very indiscreet manner, but no actual harm has ensued. For the assault I shall order you to find bail, yourself in 80/. and two sureties in 40/. each. Delendant..—Allow me to ask Jane Spansick a few questions upon her oath. Alderman krx.nrs.—No, sir; I have separated the case of the apprentice from that of the other girls; I do not desire to go into the latter, and I cannot suffer you to travel into them. Defendant.—litit it is a part of my defence. She can speak to the degree of force that I used, in her presence, towards the complainant. Alderman Armes.--I cannot go beyond my authority, and try the case. She could not speak to what occu••ed in her absence, and that is the material part of the charge. Defendant.—Surely you will not commit me without hearing my defence ? Alderman ATKINS.—You must foul bail, sir. Defendant.—lf I cannot get my friends here in time, you surely will not send me to prison. lam a man of property, and known as a merchant. Alderman Auttis.--If you were my brother, I would do en ; I must perform my duty to my Maker and the public faithfully. Defendant.—lf for merely playing with a girl, and taking such liberties as she allows, I am to he punished as for an assault; I never will play with a girl again as long as I live. The defendant was then removed from the bar. Miss Cox _ _ immediately fetl into an hysteric fit, and was conveyed out of the office. She had another fit in the morning when she first entered the office. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.—A : gentleman named Coleman, of Odill's-place, Little Chelsea, informed Mr. BaouGuTox that twelve sovereigns had lately, been obtained front a Person who iy proprietor of the above house, by a foreigner, who introduced himself under a pretence of taking some apartments for his mas ter. Mr. Coleman banded The Sun newspaper :of the Bth instant, to Mr. Broughton, and said, that the description given by a Miss Tovtnshend, of the party who, fifteen months before, had committed a similar fraud , upon her, as reported in this paper, answered so fully to the person who about ten weeks ago, obtained the twelve sovereigns, that he had no doubt it was done by the, same man.. - 11:1r. Baouctralax said, he .WAS not present when the. case was brought forward : he understood .the report in. The ,Sun Was . exceedingly correct. Be therefore advised Mr. Coleman to come again to the office, and not to neglect to bring The Sun of that day with him, and every information and assistance should be afforded. A watch, produced by Mr. Coleman, which was left in pledge, exactly corresponded in appearance, and in the name of the maker, with the one left with,Miss Townshend. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Yesterday Mr. Yatman, a solicitor, residing at No. 77, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, came to this office and renewed the application made on a former day by Mr. Seal, of Surry-street, Strand, upon the subject of Lieutenant-Colopel Archdall, who is at present confined in Tothil fields prison, in default of hail, upon a charge of an atrocious de scription. The application of Mr. Yatman, as was that of Mr. Seal; was that the amount of the reeognizances in which Colonel Archdall WAS directed to be bound in, as. well as the amount of the bail, should be reduced. Mr. DYER, the sitting Magistrate to whom the application was Made, said, that be had already given his opinion On .a former day to another professional gentleman who bad made the same application, that he did not consider the bail required as at all exor.. hitantly inconsistent with the rank and means which the prisoner Was described to bold tit the time of Isis committal. Mr. Yatman assured the Magistrate, that the account given on the limner day that this application was made, of the Colonel's finances, was a correct one, and his means were very limited. Mr. Dm said that lie perfectly agreed with Mr. Yatman that it would be extremely unjust to require of a prisoner, on a bail. able offence, such an amount of bail as it was impossible for him to procure; but he hail nothing before hint to show that Colonel Archdall was not in sufficient circumstances to procure two, per sons to be responsible for his appearance in the amount of 500/. each. There had not been any affidavit made, either by the Colonel himself, or any body else, to show that the prisoner's means were on the low scale described, and certainly in the ab sence at least of any such affidavits, he (Mr. Dyer) would nut think it necessary, even to re-consider the subject. Mr. Yatinan said, that there was no means that he knew of to get Colonel Archdall out of prison to make the affidavit . spoken of, which he could as well as several of his friends most safely do. The fact, he said, was, that it would be satisfactorily proved upon the trial, that the whole of this accusation was a conspiracy against Colonel Archdall. " Then," said Mr. Dvrit ' " the easiest possible way..to re medy that inconvenience to the Colonel is for his friends to bail ,m, and if they are so convinced of his entire innocence, surely Ley ran have no hesitation in doing so." • • Yatman said, that. he should wish to be put in a way to enable Colonel Archdall to snake the affidavit As to his means, which the Magistrate spoke of. Mr. Dv Ert said, that if copies were drawn up of such affida davits by Colonel Archdall and others, as were deemed correct by his friends, and those copies, previouslyAo. being sworn, sub mitted to him (Mr. Dyer), he would not only. consider them him self, but would consult with his brother Magistrates on their suffi ciency, and if they were thought strong enough to support the application made, the parties should be put in a way to swear them. Mr. Yatman then retired, saying that he would furnish-She. Magistrates with copies of the affidavits required. EXECUTION AT LANCASTER. On Saturday last, Patrick Raferty,tiged 22, convicted of having robbed Mr. Dennis Clisham, on the highway, near Manchester, and John Wainwright, aged 28, for assaulting and *tabbing Thos. Pomfret and Joseph Moore, with intent to disable them, were both executed on the drop behind the Castle at Lancaster. From the time of their condem nation they were both extremely penitent, admitting their guilt, and the justice of their sentence. On Thursday Rafferty was visited by his wife, who had come over from Rathone, in Ireland, the native place of her husband, to take her leave of him. Wainwright was a native of Ashton, in this county ; he was also visited by his wife on Friday, and their parting was extremely affect ing. :The prisoners partook of the Sacrament about - 11 o'clock, and at 12 o'clock were brought on the scaffold. The platform on which the unfortunate men stand is (hided in the middle, and hangs upon hinges, so that one half falls on each side, and each Is upheld by a screw or bolt at each end of the drop. After the Chaplain had read the han dblieir,ia4seurhvii which the t t h h e e h e o x i t e a t; t ti °eon ch i i , i o r t oc io e r et t l i e i d e ptolattrrm are . withdrawn three Withdrawn ; but in consequence of the two halves of the bolts unfastened,eing placed ailand co ti ione half of th e platform 'fell. It happened that b oth .the me n were stand ing upon the half which remained , and were consequently left standing. They were evidently much agitated by thi s lYrs square,c only only one of th e unfortunate circumstance, for each part of the platform being heavy, the fall caused the whole machine of death to vibrate, and the wretched criminals were apparently petri fied with horror. which they were folin do , % o v n n, and they were Two men instantly went down to assist the executioner, suet the; n seemed to launchedvr►standing e e y v aan h egt t : ( p l ea t f i t'° : r i re ;i i o ibft l itY i ll. . l e hurledp A Tl a f h t t e e r s u fferings'th ey had hung for an hour, they were taken down, and the body of Wain Wright was given to his friends,who were waiting to take it away. Rafferty was buried in the evening at Lancaster. We understand that the drop is made after the wanner of the one used at Newgate; and when the immense crowd of people had dispersed, the men who had the Management of its erection several times put up the plat form and caused it to fall, in 'order to find out the defect, and remedy . it for the future.—Manek"ter li f e r" enr,y, Ste, 12. SIIAFTE,SBURY. PETTY SESSIONS, -Slawr. Present—Rev: Mr.. Simpson ; Rev. Mr. Blakeman ; and Thomas Bowyer Bower, Esq. An information was laid against John Morgan, of Mot combe for having" shot game on Lord Grosvenor's manor. The defendantappeared, when Mr. Chitty, Lord Grosvenor's attorney, rose and stated, that although Witnesses were in the court who could bring home the illegal act most complete ly to the defendant, he was instructed by Lord Grosvenor to state, that he should not press a conviction, in ease the man would engage never to poach again on his Lordship's estates.. That the man was in all other respects a very honest and trustworthy person, and had lived between 3O and 40 years with one master. The Magistrates commended the very kind forbearance of Lord Grosvenor; and the man promised never to offend again; he - Was consequently discharged, on payment of 61- for information. Mr. Coombes, a farmer, complained of the trespasses of three nutters. The Magistrates fined them 2s. Gd. each; and the eipence's were in one case •is. 6d. between two; and in another 4s. Gd, for one. It maybe. remarked that these expences are ohe half only of those at Salisbury, the other day, in.a.similar case. ane of the parties could not pay the.whole of the.money, and the Justices gave him a fortnight to pay the balance. ATROCIOUS CASE. A woman of the name of Leman, from . Gillinghartwas brought up on a charge of misconducting herself in the Work house. It turned out that she had three illegitimate chit. dren, and had sworn to her own uncle, Thomas Luffman, as the father of the last. She was committed to hard la bour in Dorchester gaol; and: the Magistrates told het that if she did not conduct herself well there, they you'd punish her. She exclaimed, , 4 Punish me—they won't punish me there, I know that place well enough; I have been there once before for a twelvemonth." The Justices condemned the overseers for not bringing' the uncle to justice. It seems that he has absconded. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Robert Plphin Bligh, Esq., described in his petition ss Captain on half-pay in the 103 d Regiment of root, (bur commonly known by the appellation of Colonel Bligh) , was opposed by Mr. Pottocx, on behalf of the executors of a .person named Taylor.. Owing to the respectable connexions, of the applicant,' the case appeared to excite considerable interest. Mr. Commissioner' LAW observed, that . Lord Darnley was marked as an. opposing creditor; he should the Je wish to be informed whether Mr. Pollock, man at the bar, appeared for that nobleman. Mr. POLLOCK said, that a notice.had been served upon the noble Earl, and an opposition entered in hi s ., fln l e against the insolvent, nevertheless he (Mr; Pollock) not instructed to raise any objection to the pentinne IL discharge. He was instructed, however, to make, oblervation upon the debt in the schedule (No. 24), w! " t and to state the was alleged to be due to Lord Darnley, he was no creditor. The insolvent was then questioned relative to some stock in the Irish three and a half per Cents. whic h stated was vested in certain persons whom 'he nalne,u Captain Bligh farther stated that the property Wu° earn* cumbered. or any gentle- Mr. POLLOCK said his only remaining soine.part relative to the half-pay, which was 921. a year, of which be hoped would be set aside to reduce the Oil of debt in the schedule. Mr. HEATII said, he should like for his'friend (Mr. pot lock) to say what part of that small income he would 0 1 :: for, which would pay one tenth part of a farthing in t pound. „. Captain Bligh stated in his examination by. Mr. NW', that he had no other certain income beyond his half-Psi: that he is 58 years of age, and was obliged to have Preque l) " medical assistance. Mr. Commissioner LAW said that when a. person 0 1. application was vanced in years, and labouring under bodily infiroitie2 came before the Court, and its attention was call e d to i pay or salary, a distinction ought to be made between . 6 "" a one, and a younger and more able man. Under this e l) ,, n. sideration the Court would make no order upon the en ''' ject at present. Mr. Byfield, a considerable creditor, applied to the to be appointed assignee to the insolvent's estate, in whir request he was joined by Mr. Bennett, a respectable 9° citor, who appeared to have been professionally .OW e between the insolvent and Lord Darnley. Mr. Cominissioner.Law said, that as the schedule ° l r e tamed a heavy amount of debts, the Court would not 9 , il t. out any particular persons for the appointrUent, aw dered Captain Bligh to be brought up to receive big charge on Wednesday next. . 0 1. e. Thomas Chambers, late of Fenchurch-street, man; was opposed' by Mr. POLLOCK on behalf of Mr. " r to The Learned CO*IIIISSIONER ordered the petiti° l lii, 4 4 be remanded for five calendar months, from the date or is petition. Cour! MEETINGS OF CREDITORS• LONDON DIARY, SATUADAY, Si"' 1 (At the Court of Commissioners.) . .Ar 1 1 Colbron, Brighton, timber-merchant ................... T. Deuncey, Cateaton-street, commission agent ........... 1 0 S. Hockley, Union-street, Biahopagate, tea-dealer .......... '• 0 H Moore, Cross-street, lalingtcna, groeer ........... . .......... 11 Palmer-and Richardson, Liverpool, merchants ............ T. Shepherd, Claremont-row, merchant ......... 1.. ..... :.. COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, Si ll ' . ... al P. Clarke, Manchester, at the Star, Alanchester .... Duff and Browne, Liverpool—Messrs. Thome * B ` ..- Liverpool ............................................... J. Fanner, Brampton Bryan, Hereford --Cage . more . ......... Rster 4 114. Fidler, Norbury, Cheshire—White's Hotel , h ian o cli no st, I. Gleed, Hawkesbury, Gloucester—Commercial " --11 / 11 .. Bristol T. Hopkinson, Ashton-under-Line—Sessions -ho, " a j , use field . ....... . ................. . ..••••" .. ..... C. Marriot, Manchester—White Bear, Mancheste r .. J. Old, Bridgewater—Crown, Bridgewater ...... .• • ....... I C. Parker, Bristol—Commercial Roams, ....... I° ...... .1. Manchester—Star, Manchester ............ ...... 10 W. Smith, Leicester—Royal Hotel, Birminglif s. d. 29 6 Bunton 3 8eaum0nt....,.,,--.27 0 8eat0n...., 33 0 Hetburn M 3 liolywell 29 0 Jarrow Metal...-. 27 0 Killingworth -- 313 Main...-26 0 Ord's Redhugh 25 0 Percy 26 6 PontopWindtor— 27 6 'ranfield M00r...-. 31 3 Townley 29 - 3 Ships at Market, • , ALMARKET.--S*.n. bu Watington—..-.. T.l 3 29 3 WalisEndßell's..B2 t Walls F.ndgewicke3.s 6 W. E. Brownl-.... 30 0 K iturraton... 31 3 W. E. T 2 6 W. E. Green'a-... 29 6 W. E. liotwar W. E. Newmarch 32 Si W. K Northumb.:3l 3 W. E. Peatetb-- 30 6 W. K Russell's 3t 0 t l3. 43 '1 E. Ridde ll ' "" Da s , Culla Ch kului o viel 30 0 0 ilartley Walls isagett°l, W. 1.0011stail." W. Walis • 30 W E. art' Stews!r. Itvitrat.t...o,2: 65 —Ships 1014 771, MARRIED. of g ill On the 7th t at Pkl 'I P • G r c "" in Egli" "°'' ar 1, rano* 0 - cartline, Was Isabella Gordon, third daugWr , —u. 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